A Persian Stronghold of ZoroastrianismAn expansion of the Ratanbai Katrak Lectures given in Oxford in 1975 describing a year spent by the author in the city of Yazd and the Zoroastrian village of Sharifabad. |
Contents
The Worship of Ohrmazd and the Creations | 29 |
Some Individual Rites of Piety and Charity | 53 |
Sacred Fires and Empty Shrines | 68 |
Copyright | |
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ablution afrinagan Agha Rustam Ahriman Amahraspands ancient Anjoman Ardekan astrians atašband Avestan Banu-Pars Belivani bi-namaz bowl boys bread calendar candidates carried celebrated century ceremony clean cloth consecrated cooking custom dahmobed dakhma Dastur Dastur's House dead Dhabhar donkey embers Farvardigan Farvardin feast festival fire-temple fravašis gahambar gahambar-e toji Gatha girls Gushtasp hajj holy Hrišt Iran Irani Kerman Khanom Khodadad košti living Mihr Mihr Ized Moslem night nirang no-šwa observances offerings Ohrmazd once paivand pajow Panji parestars Paridun Parsis pavilions performed Persian pesgam pilgrimage pilgrims Piruza prayers priest purity recited religious rite ritual Rivayats roof round sacred fire salars sanctuary Sasanian Shah Pari Sharifabad Shehriar solemnized soul Spendarmad Sroš stones Tahmina Khanom Tehran took traditional Turkabad Vahman Varahram Vendidad village washed woman women worship Yasna Yašt-e yazad Yazd Yazdi Zoro Zoroaster Zoroastrian